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Infantry, or infantryman are a type of soldier who specialize in ground combat, typically fighting dismounted. Historically the term was used to describe foot soldiers, i.e. those who march and fight
United States Army infantry in Iraq, December 2010
Various infantry of the 17th through 18th century (halberdier, arquebusier, pikeman, and mix of musketeers and grenadiers) of Duchy of Württemberg
Infantry of the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army boarding an M2 Bradley IFV in Iraq in 2006
A Spanish tercio at the 1643 Battle of Rocroi
Irregular military
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Irregular military is any military component distinct from a country's regular armed forces, representing non-standard militant elements outside of conventional governmental backing. Irregular element
Infantry
…i.e. those who march and fight on foot. In modern usage, the term broadly encompasses a wide variety of subspecialties, including light infantry, irregular infantry, heavy infantry, mountain infantry, motorized infantry, mechanized infantry, airborne infantry, air assault infantry, and naval infantry. Other subtypes…
Chouans hiding behind a dolmen
British SAS patrol in armed jeeps during the North African campaign of World War II
A group of Ottoman bashi-bazouks in Bulgaria, irregular soldiers of the military of the Ottoman Empire, 1877–1878
Gardner's Irregular Horse of Hindustani Mahomedans